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Jim Risch: “There is absolutely no reason he should be in prison in Iran.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
There is absolutely no reason he should be in prison in Iran.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch emphasizes the unjust imprisonment of Pastor Abedini in Iran.

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